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A review of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor!

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by evie The cover of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Summary (with NO spoilers)           This book is about a girl (Binti) who is the first Himba person to be accepted into Oozma University, the most prestigious school in the galaxy. To get there, she has to leave Earth, which would cause her to lose her place in her family and go against their traditions. Even if Binti does leave, the galaxy is a dangerous place, with hostile people like the Meduse, an alien race of which most have grown to fear. Will she decide to leave Earth? Will she make it to Oozma Uni or die trying?? I don't know, that's all I can say about this book without spoiling it.  My  opinion (also no spoilers)          The characters and their personalities are fleshed-out very well, I could even tell while reading who was talking even when their names weren't by the sentence. The descriptions of these characters are very detailed, you can imagine what they...